Firefox and the ALT key

[gkainz]

Using Firefox 1.5.0.4 and getting odd behavior since ?? maybe since this release, maybe earlier release (I've been on Firefox for at least a year, maybe more). I like using the extended ASCII codes, especially for the degree symbol ° (ALT keypad 0176) since it's relevant for headings and temperatures here. The odd behavior is when I hold down the ALT key and hit keypad 0 1 (before getting to the 76) Firefox changes the page I'm on. I can't quite tell what it's doing, but I think it's doing a new page. It's not a Previous Page function, because the Next Page arrow is greyed out.

Anyone know what command is executing, or how to trace or dump what's happening, and how to recover previous behavior?

 

[mikea]

Found it. It's evidently a bug on Firefox on vBulletin. It's supposedly fixed.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/bugs.php?do=view&bugid=4208
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316893

Try the nightly build?

 

[gkainz]

Thanks, Mike. I apologize for being lazy - should have googled it first or at least checked out Mozilla support. I'm guilty of exactly what I somewhat berate Oracle users for ... "did you check with support first?"